Horseshoe-pad.



No. 683,450. Patented Out. I, l90l.

' c. EHLERS.

HORSESI-IOE PAD. A umim filed June a, 190i.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES EHLERS, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NE\V JERSEY.

HORSESHOE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,450, dated October 1, 1901.

Application filed June 8, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES EHLERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of West Hoboken, Hudson county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a horseshoe-pad which may be readily fitted, insures an elastic step, a firm foothold, and a thorough ventilation of the foot.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of my improved horseshoe-pad. Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof; Fig. 3, asection on line 3 3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, a section on line 4 4, Fig. 2.

My improved pad is composed of a flexible plate a, of soft rubber, provided at its lower side with the usual groove for the reception of the shoe 1). Vithin the lower side of the pad there is also formed a triangular recess which is closed at its upper side by a diaphragm c. The sides of this recess diverge from about the center of the pad toward the heels, so that in this way the recess increases in width from the center rearwardly. The object of the recess is to reduce the weight at the back of the pad and also to relieve the frog from pressure. The recess communicates at the apex with a circular perforation d, extending into, but not through, the diaphragm, which permits the pad to be bent to larger and smaller sizes and which also effects a thorough cooling and ventilation of the foot.

The upper side of the pad is provided with a marginal strip of canvas 6, which is embedded within the rubber and from which the face of the pad is beveled 0E toward the recess. In this waya concave surface is formed Serial No. 63,670. (Nomodeh) that permitsa ready fitting of the pad to dropsoles. The lower surface of the pad is provided with a heavy toe having a series of grooves f, which are formed concentrically around perforation cl and which render the tread elastic. The heels 9 are roughened in the usual manner to prevent slipping.

It will be seen that my improved pad may readily be bent to different sizes by more or less spreading the diverging sides of the recess. The pad gives the desirable toe-weight to steppers, is elastic, ventilating, and willinsure a reliable foothold.

What I claim is-- 1. A horseshoe-pad composed of a soft-rubber plate having a lower groove for receiving a shoe, a rearwardly-widening recess, and an upper side that slopes toward the recess, substantially as specified.

2. A horseshoe-pad composed of asoft-rubber plate having a lower groove for receiving a shoe, 9. rearwardly-widening recess, a perforation that communicates with the apex of the recess, and a diaphragm above the recess and the perforation, substantially as specified.

3. A horseshoe-pad composed of a soft-rubber plate having a lower groove for receiving a shoe, a rearwardly-widening recess, a perforation that communicates with the apex of the recess, a diaphragm above the recess and the perforation, an upper side that slopes toward the recess, and a series of toe-grooves arranged concentrically to the perforation, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, county and 7 5 State of New York, this 7th day of June, 1901.

CHAS. EHLERS. Witnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ, F. v. BRIESEN. 

